Malaysia in talks to relieve worsening refugee crisis
Malaysia has launched a series of high-level talks with its neighbours to seek a solution to the deepening refugee crisis in the region.
Migrant boat towed out to sea by Thai Navy
A boat full of migrants has been towed out to sea towards Indonesia and away from its southern islands in the Andaman Sea by the the Thai navy, a witness said. The boat was being towed southwest by Thai navy patrol boat number 911, the witness told Reuters.
The navy was unable to confirm if the boat was the same one it towed out of Thai waters on Friday. Thousands of migrants are adrift in Southeast Asian waters, abandoned by people smugglers in the Andaman Sea following a Thai crackdown on human trafficking.
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